Walkabout incident: PSP’s Tan Cheng Bock responds to Low Yen Ling, calls on PAP to produce evidence

Walkabout incident: PSP’s Tan Cheng Bock responds to Low Yen Ling, calls on PAP to produce evidence

The Straits Times - Singapore·2025-01-10 21:01

Walkabout incident: PSP’s Tan Cheng Bock responds to Low Yen Ling, calls on PAP to produce evidence

PSP chairman Tan Cheng Bock said he was shocked by Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Low Yen Ling’s account of the incident. PHOTOS: ST FILE, JASON QUAH

Ng Wei Kai

UPDATED Jan 10, 2025, 08:52 PM

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SINGAPORE – Progress Singapore Party’s (PSP) volunteers have categorically denied manhandling PAP volunteers during a walkabout in Bukit Gombak on Jan 4, said party leaders Tan Cheng Bock and Hazel Poa.

They were responding to Chua Chu Kang GRC MP Low Yen Ling’s account of the incident, where she had said a man from PSP intimidated a PAP volunteer and slapped his face twice, among other actions from the opposition group.

In a Facebook post on Jan 10, Dr Tan said: “For Ms Low to have made such serious allegations, she must have clear evidence of the alleged manhandling. She needs to make this evidence available.”

Dr Tan added that the PSP does not condone any form of violence, and will take disciplinary action if any of its volunteers acted aggressively. But the party would fight the allegations “all the way” if they have been falsely accused, he added.

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